Regeneration Procedures of Pinus radiata in the Southern Cape Province

SYNOPSIS

Part 4 of the series of papers concerning the regeneration of Pinus radiata deals with characteristics of the planting stock. Such studies are motivated by the necessity of evaluating different planting stock alternatives for a variety of operational environments. This in turn implied the necessity of obtaining a better understanding of the interactions between seedling grades and planting site environment.

The objective of the study was to evaluate the effect of a simple system of plant grading on the regeneration results.

Keywords:

• seedling quality
• seedling grades